Twitter opens public data to 7 start-ups

Beijing time March 2 afternoon news, according to foreign media reports, Twitter announced in Monday, will be the company's full public information to the 7 start-up companies Open, and hope to work with more companies to start data cooperation. Twitter's full public information is also known as "Firehose", with only a handful of partners currently authorized to access the data, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.　　Industry insiders believe that the deal with the three technology giants is enough to make Twitter profitable.　　But Twitter still wants to foster a sense of innovation among third-party developers, such as startups that engage in real-time search and mining. The 7 start-ups are Twazzup, Collecta, Crowdeye, Scoopler, Kosmix, Chainn Search and Ellerdale. Since Monday, all 7 companies have been able to access all of Twitter's public information. This means that companies can use Twitter information to boost their search results. (Ding Macro)